1998 Selections

January 17, 1998

Emotional Intelligence by Daniel Goleman

Selected by Tom

Meeting hosted by Robin

February 22, 1998

Autobiography by Benvenuto Cellini

Selected by Yvonne

Meeting and afternoon tea at the Ritz-Carlton

Second Anniversary Celebration

March 29, 1998

General topic: Quantum Physics

Selected by Lisa

Meeting hosted by Tom

Book recommendations:

• Schrodinger's Cat Trilogy (The Universe Next Door, The Trick Top Hat, The Homing Pigeons) by Robert Anton Wilson
• In Search of Schrodinger's Cat : Quantum Physics and Reality by John Gribbin
• The Physics of Star Trek by Lawrence M. Krauss

Note: Lisa's guest speaker never arrived -- a victim of the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle. He knew when the meeting was, therefore he didn't know where the meeting was.

April 19, 1998

Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt

Selected by Robin

Meeting hosted by Yvonne

May 30, 1998

Star Wars: The Magic of Myth by Mary Henderson

Companion volume to the exhibition at the National Air and Space Museum of the Smithsonian Institution

Selected by Jim

Meeting held at the National Air and Space Museum

Attended the Star Wars Exhibit

June 13, 1998

All's Well that Ends Well by William Shakespeare

Shakespeare Free for All at the Carter Barron Amphitheatre

July 18, 1998

Lives of a Cell by Lewis Thomas

Selected by Mark

Meeting hosted by Yvonne & Mark

September 12, 1998

I Am the Cheese by Robert Cormier

Selected by Tom

Meeting hosted by Yvonne & Mark

October 11, 1998

Deerskin by Robin McKinley

Selected by Yvonne

Meeting hosted by Agnes

The Official Robin McKinley Home Page

Saturday, November 14, 1998

Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov

Selected by Susan

Meeting hosted by Jim & Susan